Seine-puller.



0. E. HAGSET. SEINE FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 9, I916- Patented July 10, 1917.

OLE E. HAGSET, OF MILWAUKEE, VVISGONSIN.

SEINE-PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed Gctober 9, 1916. Serial No. 124,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE E. Hacsn'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seine-Pullers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in seine pulling apparatus.

It is in general the object of the present invention to simplify and otherwise improve the structure and to improve the chiciency and convenience of operation of devices of this nature, it being more particularly an object to provide a seine pulling apparatus which may be operated either manually or by an engine, and which may be driven at different speeds.

it is further an important object of the invention. to provide a seine pulling apparatus having its parts so arranged as to form no obstruction to the seine as it is pulled into the boat, this being a common disad vantage of various types of seine pulling apparatus now in use.

A still further object resides in the provision of an arrangement of seine sheaves which is adapted to grip the seine in a most eliicient manner.

With the above and other advantages in view the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a seine pulling apparatus constructed in accordance with the accompanying drawings, this view being indicated by the line 1--1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the apparatus as indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the deck of a boat through which is passed the main shaft 6 of the seine pulling apparatus, this shaft having its upper end portion ournaled in and passed through one side of a horizontally disposed gear casing 7. This casing is supported by a housing 8 for the main shaft 6 connected with the casing and deck, and by a standard 9 secured to the deck and passed through a pair of outstanding ears 10 at that side of the casing adjacent the shaft, the securement of the standard to the casing and deck preferably being procured by means of nuts 11 threaded to its end portions at the sides of the deck and the ears 10.

Thus the major portion of the casing extends laterally of its supporting means and a considerable clearance is provided between this horizontally extending casing portion and the deck.

For engaging the ropes of the seine to draw it into the boat, a pair of sheaves 12 are carried at substantially diametrically opposed portions of the under face of the casing by shafts 13 journaled in and depending froin the casing and. a second pair of sheaves l-it are carried at the side of the sheaves 12 opposite the supporting means of the casin by similar shafts 15. To provide a \nn'iable speed drive mechai'iism for rotating the pairs of sheaves in opposite directions, shaft 16 is trai'isversely journaled in substantially the central portion of the casing, and fixed on this shaft is a gear wheel 17 which meshes with gear wheels 18 on the shafts 12 and with an idle gear wheel 19 meshing in turn with gear wheels 20 on the shafts 15. The shaft has also fixed thereon a gear wheel 21 which is relatively larger than the gear wheel 17 and both of these gear wheels mesh with gear wheels 22 and 23 respectively on the main drive shaft 6 within the casing.

For selectively locking the gear wheels and 23 respectively to the main shaft 6 to thus impart variable speeds to the shaft 16,

the main shaft (3 is provided with a longitudinal channel extending below the casing and shdable on the shaft below the casing is a collar 2 lto which 1s pivoted one end of a bar or looking dog 25 disposed in the channel of the main shaft and having its other end enlarged to engage in recesses or sea ts 26 in the gear wheels 22 and 23, the free end of the bar being normally urged to such engaging position by a leaf spring 27 secured thereto and bearing against the shaft. The sleeve 24; is controlled for its sliding movement to thus selectively lock the gear wheels to the shaft 6 by a yoke lever 28 connected therewith and pivoted to and extending outwardly of the housing 8.

The main shaft 6 comprises two sections,

the uppermost of which is associated with the gear wheels 22 and 23 as described and the loweranost of which extends through the deck and carries a beveled gear 29 meshing with a beveled gear 30 on a drive shaft 31 operable by the engine of the boat. These shaft sections are connected by the engagement of the reduced end of the lower section in the socketed end of the upper section and associated with these ends of the shaft section are clutch elements 32 one of which is slidable and operable by the lever connected therewith and pivoted to and eX tending outwardly of the casing 8.

To provide a manual drive means the main shaft 6 extends above the casing carrying a beveled gear 3-1. which meshes with the beveled gear-35 carried by the shaft 86 which also carries a preferably removable crank handle 3'7.

Thus upon opening the clutch member 32 the apparatus may be readily operated by hand in this instance the locking bar 2:) preferably being associated with the gear 23 to impart a relatively low speed to the sheaves.

By providing pairs of sheaves rotative in opposite directions and by sinuously training the lead rope of the cine about the sheaves in the manner shown more particu larly in Fig. 2, a maximum gripping action is aifonled. the sheaves, and it is again pointed out that owing to the clearance below the sheaves, no interference is afforded the seine as it is pulled into the boat.

To prevent undesired movement of the seine from the boat, a ratchet member 38 is carried preferably on the shaft 39 of the idle gear wheel 19 and has a finger 40 engageable with the teeth of the gear 21 when its handle which extends outwardly from the casing is moved in the proper direction. This ratchet arrangement also serves to prevent a too rapid feeding movement of the seine from the boat.

lVhile I have described one particular form of my invention it is apparent that under differing conditions of use, various modilicationsof structure may be resorted to and it is therefore appreciated that the spirit of the present invention is; limited only by the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is;

The combination with the deck of a vessel, ofa seine pulling apparatus comprising a horizontally disposed casing, driving means in said casing, 21 vertical shaft eX- tending into said casingadjacent one side thereof and connected with said driving means, an ear projecting from one side of the casing adjacent said shaft, a vertical standard having one end attached to said ear, the other end being secured to thedeck of said vessel to space the casing therefrom, a housing surrounding said shaft and secured to the casing and deck, and a plurality of seine sheavesdepending from the casing and connectedwith the driving means.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

OLE E. HAGSET. Witnesses FRANK L. RA'roLirrn, M. E. DOWNEY.

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